Sash-cord fastener.



PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906.

E. BELANGER. SA$H CORD PASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.25, 190s.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ornion.

SASH-CORD FASTENER- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1906.:

Application filed January 25, 1906- Serial No. 297,839.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUsEBE BELANGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Sash-Cord Fastener, of whichthe following is a specification.

- This invention relates to sash-cord fasteners.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel form of sash-cordfastener which may be readily and quickly applied to and removed from awindow-sash without the necessity of the employment of tools for thepurpose and which shall be thoroughly efficient for holding thesash-cord against disconnection from the sash and for shielding itagainst abrasion resulting from the contact of the cord with the edge ormouth of the recess or socket provided in the sash-stile for itsreception.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a sash-cord fastener, as willbe hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,Figure l is a view in elevation, partly in section, exhibitin a sashstile equipped with the fastener of the present invention. Fig. 2 is aview in front elevation. Fig. 3 is a view in sectional elevationexhibiting the initial position of the fastener. Fig. 4 is a perspectivedetail view of the fastener.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the sash-stile, which may be ofthe usual or any preferred construction and is provided on its innerface with a cord roove or channel 2, that communicates with aknot-socket 3, which, as herein shown, is obliquely disposed relativelyto the length of the stile instead of being at right angles thereto, aswith stiles of the ordinary construction, and the function of whicharrangement will hereinafter appear. Disposed within the groove is anordinary sash-cord 3, the lower end of which is provided with the usualknot 4, to be disposed within the socket 3. Combined with the cord abovethe knot is the cord-fastener, which constitutes one of the essentialfeatures of the present invention and which is shown in detail in Fig.4. This fastener is constructed from a length of wire bent upon itselfto form a cord-straddling loop or member 5 and a pair of knot-engaginarms 6, the terminals being then bent at rig t angles, or approximatelyso, to the arms 6 and bowed to present two knot-receiving arms ormembers 7, having pointed terminals 8.

In securing a sash within the stile with the device of the presentinvention the knot 4 is first tied, and the fastener is then passedaround the cord above the knot with the cord lying in the loop 5 and theknot bearing against the two arms 6 and partly resting in the arms 7.The knot, with the fastener combined with it, is then inserted in theknotsocket 3 in the positionshown in Fig. 3, and upon draft beingapplied to the cord the arms 6 are caused to bear firmly against theupper wall of the socket, while the prongs are forced into the lowerwall thereof, and thus positively prevent the fastening device fromworking loose from the socket. Inasmuch as the arms 6 are interposedbetween the u per wall of the socket and the knot, any ten ency on thepart of the said wall to cut the cord will be positively obviated, sothat the life of the cord will be measurably increased.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that, although theimprovements herein defined are simple in character, they will bethoroughly efficient for the purposes designed and may be applied towindowsashes of the ordinary make without requiring any change whateverin their structural arrangement other than the oblique disposition ofthe knot-socket.

I claim 1. The combination with a window-stile having a socket disposedobliquely to its length; of a sash-cord having a knot disposed 9 5within the socket, and a resilient fastening .device straddling the cordand comprising a cord-receiving loop and curved prongs eX- tending inone direction from the ends of the loop and at an angle thereto, saidprongs adapted to bite into one wall of the socket and the loop adaptedto fit tightly upon the opposite wall thereof.

2. The combination with a window-stile provided with a socket, of a cordhavin a knot dis osed within the socket, and a astening evice comprisinga length of wire bent to form a cord-straddling loop or member to engagethe knot, a pair of knot-engaging arms adapted to engage with one wallof the socket, and a pair of curved knot-receiv- I right angles to thearms to form. a pair of ing arms disposed at approximate right anicurved pointed members.

gles to the knot-engaging arms and having i In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as pointed terminals to engage with one Wall of my'own Ihave hereto affixed my signature 5 the socket. in the presence of tWoWitnesses.

3. As a new article of manufacture a sashcord fastener comprising alength of Wire EUSEBE BELANGER' bent upon itself to form a loop and apair of l/Vitnesses: arms disposed approximately parallel With MARY C.ONEILL,

10 each other, and thence bent at approximate MICHAEL J. BYRNE.

